Definitions for the word, trench

(v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.

(v. i.) To have direction; to aim or tend.

(v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.

(v. t.) An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like.

(v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.

(v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.

(v. t.) To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.

(v. t.) To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.

(v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.


30 words found in the Scrabble word, trench



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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